Obituaries

Coy Atlas Brown of McLaurin Road, Siler City crossed the Great Divide Thursday morning, July 18 at his home. He was 91. A native of Chatham County, he was a member of the Greatest Generation, serving his country as an Army-Air Corps B-24 mechanic in World War II, including a three-year tour of duty in India. Growing up on a...

Frank J. Force died peacefully at the Durham VA Hospice Center oneebruary 21, 2015. He was born in Caro, Michigan on June 2nd, 1920 to Maude and Frank Force. He was preceded ineeath by his beloved wife Florence, his brother Bill and sister Betty. He is survived by son Jim Force, daughters Sue Haut and Peggy Force, granddaughters Bridget Siedlecki,...

Juanita Ramona Kadrich, 57, made her final transition Tuesday, August 28th, 2012 after a brief illness. She was a long time resident of the Bynum community. Ramona is survived by two daughters; three grandchildren; and a close knit family of friends. A private memorial service has been planned.

DURHAM ??? Juliette Johnson Trask, a Durham native, died oneecember 12 surrounded by her family. Julie was a loving wife, sister and mother, and a proud and active grandmother. Julie is survived by her husband, Tallman Trask III; mother, Juliette Davis Johnson; siblings, Marcia Johnsoneelford and William Hutchins Johnson, Jr.; daughter, Kellie McDonald; stepchildren, Merrill Trask-Price and Tallman Trask, IV;...

Durham, NC- Dr. Arthur Lothar Tilo Alt, age 88 passed away at Franklin Manor, Younsgsville, NC oneecember 29, 2019.?? He was born on October 14, 1931 to the late Karl Arthur Alt aneeditha Puhlman Alt.?? He was born in Batavia, Java, Indonesia.?? The family returned to their native Germany in 1933 where Tilo grew up ineest Berlin. Tilo moved to...

On June 12, 2017, the world lost a believer in the value of positive thinking with the death of 76-year-old Robert (Bob) Allen Mularczyk.?? A retired guidance counselor and teacher from??Adams, Massachusetts, Bob moved to Brick Landing Plantation in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, and became a loving friend to many. He could always put a positive spin on any...

Oxford, NC Margaret Louise Seabolt Finch, age 86, died on neember 23, 2019 She was born to the late Eugene Seabolt and Roselyneeadows Seabolt on May 15, 1933 in North Carolina. Margaret is survived by her children, Sylvia Finch, Bruce Finch and Steve Finch and many loving family and friends who will miss her greatly. Margaret was preceded ineeath by...

Aneew ???Buddy??? Davis, 70, of Sanford crossed into heaven on neember 13, 2014. Buddy was born on April 2, 1944 in Virginia to Leroy A. Davis and Francis White Davis and grew up in Rocky Mount, N.C.. Buddy is a veteran of the Uneed States Air Force. He was married to the late Elizabeth New Davis, and together they raised...

Leonard Polk Johnson, 89, of Oxford, NC died Friday, neember 16, 2018.?? He was born in Granville County on July 26, 1929 to his now predeceased parents, Wayne Carlton Johnson and Anee (Beasley) Johnson. Leonard enjoyed spending time outside and took on gardening as a favorite hobby.?? He was also a dedicated civil servant as he served proudly for almost...

Nicholas Parris passed away on Monday, neember 11, 2019 after a long battle with dementia. He was 81 years old. Nick spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area. He was the son of Greek immigrants from Asia Minor and served in the U.S. Army in Korea in the late 1950s. While working full-time, he put himself through college...

Durham, NC / Detroit MI ??? William (Bill) Louis Waldmann, age 80, died in Durham, North Carolina on neember 28, 2018. He was born oneecember 8, 1937 to the late Clement and Margaret Waldmann. Bill was born and raised ineetroit, Michigan and spent nearly every summer of his life enjoying the shores of Lake Huron in Oscoda, Michigan.?? Whenee finished...

Franee Mae Glosson 81 passed away peacefully January 18 with her son and loving sister by her side. She was daughter to Henry and Sarah Campbell, sister to Maude, Maxine, and Peggy. She was married to Lee Triplett and later to Franklin Glosson, All have gone oneefore her. Her sister Dorthy Hartley survives her as well as five children, Carol...

Oxford: James Robertson Fortune, Jr. was born April 5, 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland and died peacefully neember 6, 2014 in his home in Oxford, NC, at ???The Salad Patch???. He was the son of the late Rev. James R. Fortune, Sr. and Juanita Cox Fortune. Survived by his wife, Gloria Jean Bass-Fortune; son, Donald Tomlinson Fortune & wife, Crystal Loving...

Callie F. Phillips of Richmond, VA passed away oneebruary 19, 2014. She is survived by her sister, Myrtle Whitehead; brother, Roscoe Farrell Jr.; daughter, Vickie Phillips; and neerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of Mrs. Callie Phillips life will be at 1:00 PM Saturday March 1, 2014 at Hanks Chapel, UCC. The family will receive friends after the service in...

On June 21, 2019, Martha Frances Wade Fields Morton, 93, of Oxford, North Carolina, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ. Frances was born in Wayne County, the third child and first daughter of Walter Ray and Pearl Atkins Wade. She ???came up hard???; as a child of Depression era sharecroppers, she worked in the fields from an early...

RALEIGH Jon Michael Taylor, 70 of Raleigh, previously of Durham, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, May 9th at 5:00 pm in his home surrounded by family and friends after the battle with a Glioblastoma brain tumor. Mike was born ineeattle, Washingtoneecember 6, 1944 to Lorne G. Taylor (deceased) aneevelyn C. Taylor. He graduated from Annandale High School, Virginia: 1963,...

Johnsoneelos O'Daniel borneebruary 22nd, 1931 to Blanee and Johnson O'Daniel in Chatham County, North Carolina passed away on Friday, neember 8th, 2013. Delos was raised on his family farm in Chatham County with his sisters Hazel and Marjorie and his brother Eddie. Delos is survived by his loving wife, Jean Partin O'Daniel, his best friend and supporter for 58 years....

DURHAM: Pauline Wyshywany Podgurski, 92, was taken by God???s angels December 4, 2014. Born neember 1, 1922 in Philadelphia to the late Anna and Aneew Wyshywany, she graduated from Strayer???s Business College and worked for Hires Root Beer Co. until her marriage to Joseph, the love of her life, in 1949. Pauline was an active member of her beloved church,...